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Sten Carl Bielke

Sten Bielke
Born14 March 1709
Died13 July 1753(1753-07-13) (aged 44)
ChildrenJohan [sv]
Parent(s)Ture Bielke [sv]
Ursula Torne

Baron Sten Carl Bielke, (14 March 1709 - 13 July 1753), was a Swedish Friherre, official, scientist, and member of the House of Nobility of the Swedish Diet. His father was the Landshövding Baron Ture Bielke [sv] and his mother was Ursula Kristina Törne.

Bielke was together with Carl Linnaeus a founding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which was founded in 1739.[1] He was a patron of the scholar Pehr Kalm.

He received a private education and started his career as an amanuensis at the Royal Library (Kungliga biblioteket) in Sweden. He eventually became a Justice of the hovrätt (Court of Appeal) in Åbo (Turku, in present-day Finland). He was also politically active in the Caps.

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  1. ^ Vetenskapsakademin in Nordisk familjebok (2nd edition, 1921)